World War II Assessment: DBQs & Multiple Choice

Kamikaze = The extermination of an entire group of people Genocide = Japanese pilots who purposely crashed their planes into enemy targets Axis Powers = A coalition of nations in World War II that included Germany, Italy, and Japan Allied Powers = An alliance between Great Britain and France to defend Europe

Franklin D. Roosevelt = United States Winston Churchill = Great Britain Benito Mussolini = Italy Joseph Stalin = France

Adolph Hitler = Communist Benito Mussolini = Fascist Joseph Stalin = National Socialist Franklin D. Roosevelt = Democrat

<p>Franklin D. Roosevelt = Led the United States through the Great Depression Winston Churchill = Determined to stand up against Hitler's expanding empire Harry S. Truman = Responsible for defeating Japan in the final year of the war Adolph Hitler = Promised to bring Germany back to prosperity and international power</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Axis Powers = An alliance between Great Britain and France to defend Europe Allied Powers = A coalition of nations in World War II that included Germany, Italy, and Japan Kamikaze = Totalitarian leader who brought fascism to Italy Genocide = The extermination of an entire group of people</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adolph Hitler = Claimed Jewish people were the scapegoat for all of Germany's problems Joseph Stalin = Terrorized his political enemies Benito Mussolini = Violently crushed all opposition Harry S. Truman = Replaces FDR as President after he dies of a stroke</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Totalitarianism = A policy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation by giving in to its demands. Appeasement = A political system in which the government controls every aspect of citizens’ lives. Fascism = A law giving FDR the power to sell, transfer, exchange, or lease military equipment to any country believed vital to U.S. defense. Lend Lease Act = A political system in which the “state” or government is seen as more important than the individual.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>War Production Board (WPB) = Limiting the consumption of scarce resources or supplies needed for the war. Rationing = A government agency that oversaw the conversion of factories to war production during WWII. Internment = Forced relocation and imprisonment. Island Hopping = A strategy used by Allied forces in the Pacific during WWII that involved taking only strategically important islands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fascism = A political system in which the government controls every aspect of citizens’ lives. Totalitarianism = A political system in which the “state” or government is seen as more important than the individual. Appeasement = A policy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation by giving in to its demands. Lend Lease Act = A law giving FDR the power to sell, transfer, exchange, or lease military equipment to any country believed vital to U.S. defense.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rationing = Forced relocation and imprisonment. Internment = Limiting the consumption of scarce resources or supplies needed for the war. War Production Board (WPB) = A government agency that oversaw the conversion of factories to war production during WWII. Island Hopping = A strategy used by Allied forces in the Pacific during WWII that involved taking only strategically important islands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lend Lease Act = A political system in which the government controls every aspect of citizens’ lives. Totalitarianism = A law giving FDR the power to sell, transfer, exchange, or lease military equipment to any country believed vital to U.S. defense. Fascism = A policy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation by giving in to its demands. Appeasement = A political system in which the “state” or government is seen as more important than the individual.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Island Hopping = Forced relocation and imprisonment. Internment = A strategy used by Allied forces in the Pacific during WWII that involved taking only strategically important islands. Rationing = Limiting the consumption of scarce resources or supplies needed for the war. War Production Board (WPB) = A government agency that oversaw the conversion of factories to war production during WWII.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Attack on Pearl Harbor = The day Allied troops invaded Nazi-occupied France. Operation Overlord &amp; D-Day = A large-scale attack by Japanese planes on the American fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor The Battle of Midway = The WWII battle that ended the Japanese advance in the Pacific. The Battle of the Bulge = The last German advance of World War II, which was stopped by the Allied forces in the Ardennes forest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Battle of El Alamein = A major turning point in WWII in which Soviet forces defeated the Nazis on the eastern front. The Battle of Stalingrad = A turning point in the war in which Germany’s Afrika Korps was defeated. The Battle of Leyte Gulf = The largest naval battle in human history. The Battle of Midway = A WWII battle that took place in the Pacific Ocean.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Bataan Death March = American &amp; Filipino soldiers were forced to march 63 miles up the Bataan Peninsula to Japanese prison camps. The Holocaust = A program of mass murder in which the Nazis attempted to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe. The Manhattan Project = A secret program to develop a weapon that produces tremendous power by splitting atoms. Operation Overlord &amp; D-Day = The day Allied troops invaded Nazi-occupied France.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Battle of El Alamein = A turning point in the war in which Germany’s Afrika Korps was defeated. The Battle of Stalingrad = A major turning point in WWII in which Soviet forces defeated the Nazis on the eastern front. The Battle of Midway = The WWII battle that ended the Japanese advance in the Pacific. The Battle of Leyte Gulf = The largest naval battle in human history.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Attack on Pearl Harbor = A large-scale attack by Japanese planes on the American fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor The Battle of the Bulge = The last German advance of World War II, which was stopped by the Allied forces in the Ardennes forest. The Bataan Death March = American &amp; Filipino soldiers were forced to march 63 miles up the Bataan Peninsula to Japanese prison camps. Operation Overlord &amp; D-Day = The day Allied troops invaded Nazi-occupied France.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Holocaust = A program of mass murder in which the Nazis attempted to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe. The Manhattan Project = A secret program to develop a weapon that produces tremendous power by splitting atoms. The Battle of Leyte Gulf = The largest naval battle in human history. The Battle of Stalingrad = A major turning point in WWII in which Soviet forces defeated the Nazis on the eastern front.</p> Signup and view all the answers